Today's celebrity birthdays: October 26, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Jaclyn Smith, Pat Sajak, and Seth MacFarlane! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for October 26, 2026:
Actress Jaclyn Smith (1945) was the only Angel to last all five seasons of "Charlie's Angels" and got a Golden Globe nomination for playing the title role in "Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy." She put her name on a clothing line at Kmart and looked back on it all this year in "I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie."
TV host Pat Sajak (1946) spun "Wheel of Fortune" for more than four decades and landed in Guinness World Records for the longest career hosting the same game show. He picked up an Emmy for his final season and played the killer Columbo has to crack onstage in "Prescription: Murder" last year.
Actor James Pickens Jr. (1954) kept turning up on "Roseanne" and became Mulder and Scully's boss on "The X-Files." He's been scrubbing in as Dr. Richard Webber since the first season of "Grey's Anatomy" and took home an NAACP Image Award for the role.
Actress-singer Rita Wilson (1956) charmed in "Sleepless in Seattle," then caught a one-woman stage show and helped turn it into "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." She made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in "Chicago" and joined the cast of "Too Much" last year.
Actor Dylan McDermott (1961) broke through in "In the Line of Fire" and won a Golden Globe for "The Practice." He moved his TV family into a haunted house on the first season of "American Horror Story" and chased fugitives on "FBI: Most Wanted" through its final season.
Actor Cary Elwes (1962) swashbuckled as Westley in "The Princess Bride" and pulled on the tights in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." He woke up in a dilapidated bathroom in "Saw," ran Hawkins as its mayor on "Stranger Things," and joined Peacock's "M.I.A." this year.
Singer Keith Urban (1967) scored Billboard's top country song of the 2000s with "Somebody Like You" and won his first Grammy for "You'll Think of Me." He joined the Grand Ole Opry, judged "American Idol," and went yacht rock this year with "Flow State."
Writer-actor Seth MacFarlane (1973) created "Family Guy" and voices Peter, Stewie, Brian, and Quagmire. He took the captain's chair on "The Orville," voiced the title bear on Peacock's "Ted," and released "Seth MacFarlane Sings the Muppets" last month.
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Writer-producer Kenneth Johnson (1942), Actor Chelcie Ross (1942), Guitarist Keith Hopwood of Herman's Hermits (1946), Politician Hillary Clinton (1947), Musician Bootsy Collins (1951), Painter-director Julian Schnabel (1951), Musician David Was of Was (Not Was) (1952), Actress Rondi Reed (1952), Guitarist Keith Strickland of the B-52's (1953), Actress Lauren Tewes (1953), Actor Roger Allam (1953), Actress Maureen Teefy (1953), Actor D.W. Moffett (1954), Actress Julie Dawn Cole (1957), Actor François Chau (1959), Actor Patrick Breen (1960), Wrestler Mark Schultz (1960), Singer Natalie Merchant (1963), Actor Tom Cavanagh (1963), Actress Kelly Rowan (1965), Actor Steve Valentine (1966), Actress Rosemarie DeWitt (1971), Actor Anthony Rapp (1971), Author Jim Butcher (1971), Director Rupert Wyatt (1972), Actor Will Swenson (1972), Reality TV star Phaedra Parks (1973), Actress Florence Kasumba (1976), Actor Jon Heder (1977), Wrestler CM Punk (1978), Singer Mark Barry of BBMak (1978), Actress Folake Olowofoyeku (1983), TV journalist Katy Tur (1983), Figure skater Sasha Cohen (1984), Rapper Schoolboy Q (1986), Actor Beulah Koale (1991), Actress Morgan Saylor (1994), Actress Allie DeBerry (1994), Actor Harry Lawtey (1996), Actor Rhenzy Feliz (1997), Actor Julian Dennison (2002)
